Jon Wood

Jonathan Jon Wood (born October 25, 1981 in Stuart, Virginia) is a former American professional stock car racing driver. He is the grandson of Glen Wood, one of the famous Wood Brothers who founded what has become Sprint Cup's longest continuously active team.

Early career

Jon Wood joins sailors during a special pre-race reenlistment ceremony at Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas, (September 13, 2002)

Wood was given his first go kart as a child by Dale Jarrett^[1] driver for the Wood Brothers at the time. After racing go-karts, he moved up to stock cars, racing in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series and the NASCAR Winston West Series. Wood made his NASCAR debut in the 2001 Craftsman Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway, driving the #15 Ford F-150 for Billy Ballew Motorsports. He started and finished 31st after suffering rear end failures. The release of Chuck Hossfeld allowed Wood to drive Roush Racing's #50 Eldon Ford for the rest of the year. He claimed a pair of top five finishes (Kansas and Fontana) in his limited appearances. In 2002, Jon ran the entire schedule, earning ten top-10s with sponsorship from the United States Navy. That year, he made his Busch Series debut at IRP, subbing for Jeff Burton in the #9 Gain Ford Taurus. He started and finished 6th that day.

In 2003, Wood notched two poles, 10 top fives and 20 top ten finishes, including two wins on his way to a fifth-place standing in the Craftsman Truck Series points. He ran most of the season with sponsored by Bob Graham. He ran his second Busch race that season at the Ford 300 in the #15 for ppc Racing. He finished 22nd. Unfortunately, the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series season was a struggle for Wood, who was forced to run unsponsored for virtually the entire season.

2005–2008

2007 Busch car after a wreck

Wood moved to NASCAR's Busch Series full-time in 2005, driving for ST Motorsports (which later merged with the Wood Brothers to form Wood Brothers/JTG in 2006.) Wood had two top-fives and finished fifteenth in points, finishing fourth in the Rookie of the Year standings. In August 2005, Wood was released from his development contract with Roush Racing, and became a member of the Wood Brothers driver development program. Wood had one top-five finish in 2006 and moved up one spot in the standings.

Originally, plans called for Wood to move up to Nextel Cup full-time in 2007; however, because of sponsor issues and the need for more experience, Wood ran only a partial schedule during the 2007 Nextel Cup season. Wood was to continue to drive full-time in the #47 Clorox-sponsored Ford Fusion in the Busch Series, but was pulled from the ride following medical issues. He spent the rest of the season back in the Truck Series in the #21 Ford and had six top-tens in eleven starts as well as a pole position. He shared the #21 truck in 2008 with his cousin Keven but only had two top-ten finishes. He also made three Sprint Cup starts that season but failed to finish higher than 33rd. At the end of the season, the truck team Woods' was running for closed down and he has not raced since.

In 2015, Wood began a career in advertising in the Greater New York area.citation needed

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2005	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL QL^†	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-
2007	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS 29	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV									67th	76
2007	Wood Brothers/JTG Racing	47																														KAN DNQ	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	67th	76
2008	Wood Brothers Racing	21		DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL 36	RCH DNQ	DAR	CLT DNQ	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY 33	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL 33	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	60th	183
^† - Qualified for Ricky Rudd

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts
2002	Roush Racing	9	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP 6	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM		88th	150
2003	ppc Racing	15	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH	CAL	RCH	GTY	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM 22		123rd	97
2005	JTG Racing	47	Ford	DAY 31	CAL 28	MXC 16	LVS 17	ATL 25	NSH 12	BRI 11	TEX 8	PHO 18	TAL 2	DAR 35	RCH 35	CLT 33	DOV 40	NSH 32	KEN 10	MLW 26	DAY 29	CHI 37	NHA 37	PPR 22	GTY 21	IRP 34	GLN 20	MCH 19	BRI 37	CAL 14	RCH 17	DOV 16	KAN 5	CLT 7	MEM 40	TEX 26	PHO 33	HOM 6	15th	3346
2006				DAY 4	CAL 18	MXC 27	LVS 14	ATL 13	BRI 17	TEX 26	NSH 6	PHO 23	TAL 19	RCH 38	DAR 33	CLT 37	DOV 40	NSH 8	KEN 22	MLW 14	DAY 34	CHI 21	NHA 20	MAR 21	GTY 15	IRP 14	GLN 29	MCH 36	BRI 28	CAL 8	RCH 25	DOV 38	KAN 15	CLT 23	MEM 29	TEX 12	PHO 38	HOM 18	14th	3381
2007				DAY 15	CAL 31	MXC 10	LVS 11	ATL 36	BRI 43	NSH 16	TEX 38	PHO 25	TAL 31	RCH 21	DAR 32	CLT 13	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	45th	1154

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCTC	Pts
2001	Billy Ballew Motorsports	15	Ford	DAY	HOM	MMR	MAR 31	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV	TEX																	17th	1917
2001	Roush Racing	50	Ford										MEM 14	MLW 12	KAN 4	KEN 7	NHA 19	IRP 27	NSH 16	CIC 12	NZH 6	RCH 13	SBO 14	TEX 24	LVS 29	PHO 14	CAL 3		17th	1917
2002				DAY 21	DAR 9	MAR 10	GTY 7	PPR 12	DOV 29	TEX 9	MEM 11	MLW 9	KAN 9	KEN 13	NHA 11	MCH 10	IRP 8	NSH 8	RCH 28	TEX 12	SBO 6	LVS 18	CAL 13	PHO 11	HOM 14				12th	2782
2003				DAY 8	DAR 19	MMR 2	MAR 22	CLT 22	DOV 4	TEX 3	MEM 4	MLW 10	KAN 1*	KEN 4	GTW 11	MCH 6	IRP 5	NSH 7	BRI 8	RCH 4	NHA 9	CAL 9	LVS 19	SBO 4	TEX 6	MAR 1	PHO 7	HOM 8	5th	3659
2004				DAY 7	ATL 27	MAR 4	MFD 8	CLT 17	DOV 10	TEX 13	MEM 8	MLW 11	KAN 6	KEN 12	GTW 30	MCH 30	IRP 27	NSH 18	BRI 18	RCH 14	NHA 29	LVS 12	CAL 13	TEX 26	MAR 4	PHO 26	DAR 22	HOM 36	15th	2835
2006	Wood Brothers/JTG Racing	20	Ford	DAY 16	CAL 9																								44th	408
2006	Wood Brothers/JTG Racing	21				ATL 6	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	44th	408
2007	Wood Brothers Racing			DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN 6	IRP 28	NSH 7	BRI	GTW 14	NHA 9	LVS 3*	TAL 10	MAR 16	ATL	TEX 8	PHO 20	HOM 13	27th	1432
2008	Wood Brothers Racing			DAY 27	CAL 32	ATL 10	MAR 28	KAN 26	CLT 19	MFD	DOV 15	TEX 10	MCH 14	MLW	MEM	KEN 11	IRP	NSH	BRI 16	GTW	NHA	LVS 13	TAL 22	MAR 30	ATL 21	TEX 31	PHO 23	HOM	25th	1729

References

↑ Catchfence.com

External links

Wood Brothers Racing

Personnel

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

Drivers	(21) Ryan Blaney
Crew chiefs	(21) Jeremy Bullins

Partnerships

Team Penske

Notable former drivers

JTG Daugherty Racing

Headquarters: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Personnel

Tad Geschickter
Jodi Geschickter
Brad Daugherty

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

Drivers	(37) Chris Buescher (47) A. J. Allmendinger
Crew chiefs	(37) TBA (47) Randall Burnett

Notable former drivers

Cup Series	Marcos Ambrose Bobby Labonte Jon Wood Ken Schrader
Nationwide Series	Marcos Ambrose Rich Bickle Kelly Bires Stacy Compton Mike Dillon Jeff Fuller Mark Green Ron Hornaday, Jr. Jimmie Johnson Andy Lally Kevin Lepage Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Larry Pearson Robert Pressley Jeff Purvis Jon Wood
Camping World Truck Series	Marcos Ambrose Joey Clanton Stacy Compton Bobby East

Formerly known as ST Motorsports and JTG Racing

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